grammar in the workplace

mei lan said:
Great article. I have worked for large companies and small, and truly, nothing would surprise me about what some folks are willing to send out.

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My son has English this summer. One assignment that is ongoing is they have to post a blog in discussions twice a week. He is a terrible speller, but knows to use spell check. The writing of some of the kids in his class is horrid. He has read a few of them to me and his followup? They are hopeless. He said the bad thing is that they both speak and write like they have never set foot in a school. His teacher asked him if he went to private school because he spoke correct English. :eek:
 
I have to review and approve every, single report from our day watch personnel. The lack of basic high school instruction and/or unwillingness to learn is very evident in many reports. Now, I'm not perfect, but some of the reports I read ASTOUND me :eek:

I kick them back all day long. I've tried to tell our people that there is almost nothing worse than having a poorly written report read back to you in open court by some arrogant attorney (which is pretty much ALL of them) :'(
 
Grey Colson said:
I have to review and approve every, single report from our day watch personnel. The lack of basic high school instruction and/or unwillingness to learn is very evident in many reports. Now, I'm not perfect, but some of the reports I read ASTOUND me :eek:

I kick them back all day long. I've tried to tell our people that there is almost nothing worse than having a poorly written report read back to you in open court by some arrogant attorney (which is pretty much ALL of them) :'(
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Sad.
 
Bad grammar KILLS me!! Proofreading is a must in my job and I'm amazed at how many young attorneys come into our law firm and have to have their secretaries correct their grammar and punctuation in documents. I had one attorney who would send me all of her documents to proof because her grammar and spelling were so bad. And, the sad part is that I'm noticing the bad grammar and punctuation is becoming a lot more prevalent in women over men.
 
It absolutely infuriates me to see how much of it gets through in finished, professional publications these days. What on earth are editors being paid for anyway?
 
On work email and documents I spell check and reread atleast 3 times before sending anything out. on forums and FB, not so much. I dont care if yall think Im a dummy, but not my customers.
 
Whoa Willie said:
On work email and documents I spell check and reread atleast 3 times before sending anything out. on forums and FB, not so much. I dont care if yall think Im a dummy, but not my customers.
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Totally understand that reasoning and perfectly acceptable. ;)
 
I spent about 25 years working in a position where I did very little writing. As the business grew and I moved into the office to do sales and engineering, I suddenly found out just how badly my writing and spelling skills had suffered. And the people on the first internet forum I joined though I was a total tard (instead of just a partial tard).

Thank God for MS Word, and for Firefox incorporating spell check soon afterward or I would have looked far dumber than I already am.
 
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